{"id":385611,"date":"2026-08-30T23:06:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T23:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385611\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T23:06:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T23:06:25","slug":"man-with-18-theft-convictions-arrested-again-at-tampa-discount-store-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/385611\/","title":{"rendered":"Man with 18 theft convictions arrested again at Tampa discount store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Brief<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A man with 18 prior theft convictions is back in jail after trying to steal more than $400 from a Tampa discount store Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies arrested the suspect at dd&#8217;s DISCOUNTS on East Fletcher Avenue after finding him with stolen goods and cocaine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities said the suspect had recently been released from prison on a grand theft charge before the latest shoplifting incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TAMPA, Fla. &#8211; A man with 18 prior theft convictions is behind bars again following a shoplifting call at dd&#8217;s DISCOUNTS on East Fletcher Avenue on Saturday night, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office arrest<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">What we know<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Deputies responded to a shoplifting call at dd&#8217;s DISCOUNTS on East Fletcher Avenue at 7:03 p.m. Sunday. Deputies say a complainant reported that 45-year-old Demario Card was trying to leave the store with more than $400 in stolen items.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"&lt;div&gt;Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office&lt;\/div&gt;\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/wtvt_fox_local_articles_521\/824c70cb47951f5459117f6c6388ac1e.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When confronted, deputies say Card handed back some of the merchandise but still walked out with $100 worth of items before being stopped again. When deputies arrived, they arrested Card, who was also found in possession of cocaine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Source<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The information in this story was gathered from the Hillsborough County Sheriff&#8217;s Office, who released details about the shoplifting call and arrest.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Brief A man with 18 prior theft convictions is back in jail after trying to steal more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":385612,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[15884,154499,276,154498,18311,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-385611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-card","tag-east-fletcher-avenue","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-hillsborough-county-sheriffs","tag-hillsborough-county-sheriffs-office","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385611","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385611\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}